A new species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) from Chiapas, Mexico

Authors

  • Jose F. Ortega Ortiz Herbario "Arturo Gómez-Pompa" XALU, Facultad de Biología, Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana
  • Roberto V. Ortega Ortiz Herbario "Arturo Gómez-Pompa" XALU, Facultad de Biología, Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/abm44.1998.803

Keywords:

high evergreen forest, medicinal properties, Selva Lacandona, Woody vine.

Abstract

Aristolochia chiapensis, a woody vine inhabiting secondary vegetation derived from high evergreen forest, is described. This species grows in margins of rivers and lakes in the northeastern portion of Chiapas, Mexico, mainly in the Lacandon rainforest. This new taxon belongs to a group of closely related species (Aristolochia asclepiadifolia Brandg., A. paracleta Pfeifer, A. steyermarkii Standl., A. veracruzana Ortega), sharing the presence of three stigmatic lobes and six stamens united into a gynostemium. However, it differs from the remaining members of this group in its bigger inflorescence, calyx and medium lobe of the limb, as well as in the whitish coloration and rugose surface inside the calyx utricle.

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References

Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Listados florísticos de México. IV. Flora de Chiapas. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México, D.F. 246 pp.

Pfeifer, H. W. 1966. Revision of the North and Central American hexandrous species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 53: 115-196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2394940

Pfeifer, H. W. 1970a. Two new hexandrous Mexican Aristolochias. The University of Connecticut Occasional Papers, Biological Science Series 1(4): 291-297.

Pfeifer, H. W. 1970b. A taxonomic revision of the pentandrous species of Aristolochia. The University of Connecticut Publication Series. Storrs. 134 pp.

Toledo, V. M. 1994. La diversidad biológica de México. Nuevos retos para la investigación en los noventas. Ciencias 34: 43-59.

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Published

1998-07-01

How to Cite

Ortega Ortiz, J. F., & Ortega Ortiz, R. V. (1998). A new species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Acta Botanica Mexicana, (44), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.21829/abm44.1998.803
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No. 44 (1998)

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